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The coronavirus outbreak at a Tenerife hotel worsened last night as the number of patients doubled from two to four. Two more tourists were quarantined in a Spanish hospital after testing positive for the killer virus which was brought to the resort by an Italian doctor. Hundreds of guests including Britons remain in limbo today … Read more
A couple had £25,000 in savings cleared from their account while travelling in South America after one of their phone numbers was ported without consent. The pair, who wish to remain anonymous, slammed their phone company three stating it does not take security seriously enough, effectively helping ‘facilitate’ so-called ‘Sim swap’ scams. They contacted This is Money … Read more
The rise of marijuana among boomers: Twice as many US seniors use pot as did five years ago, study finds In 2015, 2.4% of adults aged 65 and older used pot compared to 4.2% in 2018 Use among older women saw a 93% increase from 1.5% who used in 2015 compared to 2.9% in 2018 Significant … Read more
Billie Eilish becomes the FIRST female artist to reach number one with a Bond theme tune for No Time To Die… and only the second musician in 60 YEARS to have a 007 track top the charts The singer, 18, released the theme tune to No Time To Die last week, but has already earned … Read more
Call me 001! Billie Eilish breaks Bond record as the teenage phenomenon is the first female artist to score a UK number one with a 007 theme The 18-year-old topped the Official Singles Chart yesterday with No Time To Die Song made 90,000 chart sales in past week and racked up 10.6m online streams Sam … Read more
Savings bloodbath! Returns for savers are slashed as soaring inflation wipes out paltry interest rates and four of the best accounts disappear Last month 438 savings accounts beat inflation, with the CPI at 1.3% However the announced rise in inflation to 1.8% has seen this fall to 50 This is the lowest number of inflation-beating … Read more
A 15-year-old in Texas is now the youngest person in the US to die of the vaping-linked illness that’s claimed the lives of a total of 57 people nationwide, officials said Thursday. As of Thursday, 2,602 people have been hospitalized with lung illnesses linked to e-cigarettes in every US state, the District of Columbia, Puerto … Read more
Foreign Office reveals the oddest calls from Britons abroad in 2019, from a request for 50 Cent’s phone number to a complaint about an in-flight meal One woman called asking what to wear to an event being held at Windsor Castle Another person asked embassy staff to retrieve headphones left in a hotel room A … Read more
Almost 2,000 more first-time buyers get on the property ladder each month, as they take advantage of cheaper homes, generous mortgages and stamp duty cut First-time buyer numbers jump by 5.8 per cent compared to last year July saw a year-high in the amount lent to people buying their first homes Fewer homeowners are remortgaging than … Read more
The number of electric car rapid chargepoints in the UK will more than double between now and 2024, but a government grant to help motorists buy vehicles to plug into them is likely to be cut before they all arrive. The Government confirmed last week that it will invest a total of £400million to help … Read more